Equine Facilitated Learning & Awareness
At The Balance Within, our Equine Facilitated Learning and Awareness programs are a blend of body-based awareness and intuitive learning, where horses' natural wisdom supports healing, clarity, and transformation.
Horses & Awareness
Interacting with horses is a way to begin to recognize and understand why you do and feel what you do by becoming more self-aware.
Horses are prey animals making them highly sensitive beings, they are also herd animals. They feel the slightest change in emotion and energy of every member in their herd and those around them, especially those of predators. Humans, by nature, are a predatory species. Horses reflect and react to our behaviors, feelings, and intentions, even if we aren't outwardly showing them. They need this crucial instinct to survive.
In order to effectively gain information from their environment, horses live purely in the moment. Because of this, the moment you change something within yourself, the horse will change in response to you. They are true mirrors.
This makes them key to personal development and learning. They can outwardly show us thought and behavioral patterns that may be hindering our lives.
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Being with a horse allows us to slow down and be more present. We become aware of our breath, our bodies, and the chatter in our minds. They help us learn to quiet the noise and simply be.
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What Can Horses Teach Us?
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Learn to recognize emotions and body sensations as information.
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How to trust your gut
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How to effectively respect, set, and maintain clear and consistent boundaries
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Learn to recognize and move beyond conditioned behaviors and thought patterns
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Learn how to be more mindful in your everyday life
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How to live in the present moment
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How to build trust and connection
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Build self-confidence
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Plus a whole lot more
Our Approach
Our mission to carry on from Eponaquest TM is to support humans and animals in co-creating a new way of being. We emphasize authenticity over perfection, congruency over conformity, and adaptability and inquisitiveness over methodology. We also emphasize collaboration and experimentation to expand both human and animal potential. Conventional and unconventional theories on human and animal consciousness/behavior are investigated, challenged, and constantly updated through experiential exploration.
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It is our commitment to provide and support a safe space for both humans and animals alike to experiment, communicate, engage, feel, and learn in. The mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing of our clients and horses is always our number one priority.
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Horses are sentient beings with their own personalities, thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. They have the ability to think, make decisions for themselves, engage, feel, and learn. Our horses work alongside humans as co-facilitators. They are not just objects we own or use but are 100% as much a part of the process as humans. We are committed to the health and happiness of our horses by understanding and respecting their opinions, personalities, and allowing them to make their own choices. The greatest changes can occur in our horses once we allow them their freedom to be fully themselves. Our relationships, trust, and willingness to collaborate have grown deeper and fuller because of our mutual understanding and acceptance of everyone's individuality. Horses have so much to offer when we give them the chance to teach us and listen to their wisdom.
How Do I Particiapte?
Our Equine Facilitated Learning and Awareness workshops and retreats are currently hosted by Beyond the Fences Rance in Anderson, IN.
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For the benefit of our participants and our horses, workshops and retreats are limited to a small group.
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No previous horse experience is required. There are no riding activities.
If you would like to collaborate or host a workshop for your business, club, or group, please reach out via email at www.thebalancewithinllc@gmail.com">www.thebalancewithinllc@gmail.com.
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*We proudly work alongside veteran programs to give access to the healing power of horses for our Veterans.